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carmelo
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posted 12-04-2005 09:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for carmelo   Click Here to Email carmelo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Know if any Astronaut is reading or has never read this forum?

Robert Pearlman
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posted 12-04-2005 09:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yes, there are astronauts who read this forum. And sorry, but no, I cannot tell you who they are.

Matt T
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posted 12-05-2005 05:27 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Matt T   Click Here to Email Matt T     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Privacy schmivacy, give us the names

Would it break confidentiality to let us know if any of them are pre-shuttle astros?

Cheers,
Matt

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Scott
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posted 12-05-2005 11:07 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Scott   Click Here to Email Scott     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I know there is at least one pre-Shuttle astro who has read this message board. He sent a congratulatory email to a friend of mine who had posted something here.

MCroft04
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posted 12-05-2005 11:51 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MCroft04   Click Here to Email MCroft04     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I've had an email from the wife of an Apollo era astronaut based on a post here.

nasamad
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posted 12-05-2005 02:07 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for nasamad   Click Here to Email nasamad     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

I know of 2 Apollo astro's who visit (or have visited) the Collectspace forums.

Adam

KC Stoever
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posted 12-05-2005 02:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for KC Stoever   Click Here to Email KC Stoever     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I have sent Carpenter threads, probably about five, that I think might interest him. I cannot say that he reads them with any interest.

A lot of my phone calls to him, or to my mother, start, after the usual pleasantries, with "Over on collectSPACE there's a question about . . ." And we hash things out.

The most recent thread I actually sent Carpenter was one on Barber's Point and any NA overlap during the Korean war.

"Who is Duke of Url?" was his first comment. This was difficult, because then I had to sing the song, explain the joke--"well, it's 'Earl' in the song but 'URL' in the screen name . . ." only to trail off lamely.

Of course, Carpenter then has to ask, "What does URL mean?" The house at the moment was filled with techies installing the new TV surround sound and Comcast system, including techie DH, while I'm singing "Duke of Earl" into the telephone in a patient explanation of online personalities at cS. And NO ONE knows what URL means. "It's like an address, Dad. An online address . . ." He was nonplussed at my manifest ignorance.

So, yes, Carpenter's reaction to cS is mostly quizzical, which I think is a generational quirk.

But he tells me he meets "lots of people" who report reading what I post here, which he says he finds gratifying.

collshubby
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posted 12-05-2005 03:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for collshubby   Click Here to Email collshubby     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
From what I've read, I don't think there is any easy way to explain the Duke...

And I mean that as a compliment!

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Duke Of URL
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posted 12-05-2005 08:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Duke Of URL   Click Here to Email Duke Of URL     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Ms. Stoever,

It's "U"niform "R"esource "L"ocator (or if you're Canadian, Ree-zource with the accent on zource).

That's the first part of a web address. HTTP is the URL that tells your computer it's going to get a web page.

Good thing I used "Duke Of URL". Imagine what he would have said if I copped a name from a Zappa tune.

And if you ever mention the Duke to the Old Man again, please tell him I've been in awe of him since forever. He was my favorite astronaut when I was a kid and one of the few who understood what space exploration - as opposed to space flight - was all about.

One of the reasons NASA has floundered is that the explorers like Carpenter were purged by the fliers. I mean that and I'm not kissing up.

However, regardless of the fact your Old Man is a "dynamic pioneer", I STILL have more ex-wives than he does (either one or two depending on how you count 'em).

KC Stoever
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posted 12-05-2005 08:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for KC Stoever   Click Here to Email KC Stoever     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
However, regardless of the fact your Old Man is a "dynamic pioneer", I STILL have more ex-wives than he does (either one or two depending on how you count 'em).

DLMC

(Deep low mordant chuckles)

Deepest thanks for the U-R-L demystification. I will pass this bit of ur-knowledge on to the old man, with your salutations.

Astro Bill
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posted 12-06-2005 03:00 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Astro Bill   Click Here to Email Astro Bill     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I would think that any astronaut who has appeared at Novaspace or has placed part of his collection of space memorabilia in an auction (Superior, Swann, Aurora, Christies, etc.) would have frequently viewed this website.

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posted 12-06-2005 08:50 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for albatron@aol.com   Click Here to Email albatron@aol.com     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Not always - I know some who do not. But I do know some who do, and who are on the astronauts group list as well.

East-Frisian
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posted 12-06-2005 09:53 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for East-Frisian     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by albatron@aol.com:
Not always - I know some who do not. But I do know some who do, and who are on the astronauts group list as well.

But I guess, that you will not give the names, right?

The East-Frisian

lunarrv15
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posted 12-06-2005 10:58 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for lunarrv15   Click Here to Email lunarrv15     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

come on out bashful space traveler and say at least a Howdy....please

DavidH
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posted 12-06-2005 12:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for DavidH   Click Here to Email DavidH     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
For that matter, how do we know that some of these ambigious screen names aren't actually astronauts?

Myself, I've always thought that "ColinBurgess" character has to be a pseudonym. I mean, can there be multiple Australians that interested in space? Clearly, this is none other than Andy Thomas in disguise!

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ColinBurgess
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posted 12-06-2005 02:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ColinBurgess   Click Here to Email ColinBurgess     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Shannon just called out from the kitchen where she's boiling up some lobster thermidor in plastic packs and told me to respond by saying that my middle initials actually stand for So What?!!

I'm not saying anything else, Dave, except that your roof - even from 200 miles up - really looks like it badly needs some shingle repairs.

Avagoodweegend!

spaceman1953
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posted 12-06-2005 05:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for spaceman1953   Click Here to Email spaceman1953     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hey. I can see my house on a local/area GIS/Space phtography site because of the PATCH on the roof my brother-in-law put on it several years ago. It CONFIRMS that what I am looking at was what I thought I was looking at.

GB

FFrench
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posted 12-06-2005 05:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for FFrench     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by DavidH:
Myself, I've always thought that "ColinBurgess" character has to be a pseudonym. I mean, can there be multiple Australians that interested in space? Clearly, this is none other than Andy Thomas in disguise!

Ah, you have obviously never seen a photo of Colin, then - behold! His true identity unmasked!
http://www.sssc.vic.edu.au/masters/panama/band.htm

ColinBurgess
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posted 12-06-2005 07:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ColinBurgess   Click Here to Email ColinBurgess     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You forgot this one, Francis!
http://www.tartareandesire.com/bands/acdc.html

FFrench
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posted 12-06-2005 07:44 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for FFrench     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Indeed! An amazing career you have had, Colin, from rock drummer to space historian. I have to say, however, I'm glad you retired the leather pants...

FF

Duke Of URL
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posted 12-23-2005 01:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Duke Of URL   Click Here to Email Duke Of URL     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Back to Carmelo's original question about astronauts reading this forum:

Quoting the pilot of Aurora 7 during reentry, "Oh, I hope not!"

KC Stoever
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posted 12-24-2005 10:59 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for KC Stoever   Click Here to Email KC Stoever     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Quoting the pilot of Aurora 7 during reentry, "Oh, I hope not!"

LOL, Duke, and happy holidays, one and all.

Carpenter was then channeling Jose Jimenez, during reentry, in response to WHAT line?

Colin? Francis? The line?

I haven't heard the audio on Mark Gray's Mercury DVD set, which I AM buying, but look forward to hearing my dad's delivery of this very funny line. I can hear the intonation in my head.

[This message has been edited by KC Stoever (edited December 30, 2005).]

freshspot
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posted 12-30-2005 02:34 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hey:

Dave Scott reads this forum. Yup, that's my name. But I am not THAT Dave Scott... I just happen to share a name. Sometimes the mixups when I phone someone space releated are comical.

Dave Scott (not the astronaut)

KC Stoever
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posted 12-30-2005 06:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for KC Stoever   Click Here to Email KC Stoever     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Welcome, Dave Scott, not the astronaut, to cS. And many happy posts to you.

kyra
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posted 12-30-2005 08:40 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for kyra   Click Here to Email kyra     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A possibility that has been overlooked...There may also be cosmonauts that read this site. Some of the cosmonauts collect as well, some even speak English better than I can speak Russian!

The Russian internet is still relatively small (but growing fast), and nothing like CS exists with news, resources, and a forum of this magnitude all on one site. There are a couple of good news sites, scattered smaller pages for specific types of collections, archive libraries (.html), simple museum related pages and some general forums in the form of guestbooks. It only stands to reason there are a few cosmonauts viewing this site!

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